Google Ocean

Look for this image around our site for stories published to Google Ocean!

November, 2011
The W2O is pleased to announce a new partnership with Google Ocean, the software portal which allows you to visit all corners and depths of the globe. World Ocean Observatory is now providing content from the vast resources available at thew2o.net. The first of our "stories" are now up on the Google Ocean platform.*

* Copy and paste the coordinates into the Google Earth search bar to come within a few value points of the story. Zoom out a bit to locate the story, marked by a small white bullet.

As this partnership develops, the W2O will continue to provide content across several categories: interviews on major ocean themes; content sections from OceanClimate; short documentaries and resources from our Events section; World Ocean Radio episodes specific to regions around the globe; links to interviews and presentations from 3rd party organizations such as the TED Conference, YouTube, and partner sites. In the near future we will also begin to upload listings from the World Ocean Directory, a database containing more than 18,000 ocean-related organizations worldwide.

This relationship with Google Ocean with become an extension of our efforts to educate the public, broadening our audience of Citizens of the Ocean and presenting information and educational services to emulate the dynamism of the ocean.

"You've done a great job with the dirt. But what about the water?"
Dr. Sylvia Earle to John Hanke Director, Google Earth and Maps, March 2006

Now, they've done a great job with the oceans too!

Google Ocean focuses on the 70.8 percent of the world's surface that is the global ocean.

Based on ocean-depth data from UCSD's Scripps Institution of Oceanography in La Jolla, California; the U.S. Navy; the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and other sources, Google has created a program with which users can dive beneath the waves to explore the nooks and crannies of the seafloor - without getting wet.